The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-12-24

.. ?. Thempson's vidt 70 the Grand
Opera ct Paris

y. Z. Tho0poonS Vtde % the 0rana
Opera ct Paris
Hon. d. P. Thompson Of Port
land, Oregon, at one time Governor
of Idaho, who is now making the
European tour, furnishes the Ore
gonian with the following account
of his invitation to attend the grand
opera ut Paris and the trouble it
caused:
Grand opera with the Partisan is
quite AN important affair, as found
out few days ago. A gentleman
called on me at my hotel during
my wife's abeetce and invited US to
accompany himself and wife the
next evening to the grand opera.
We were to occupy the As box,
which l was informed was one Of
the most conspicuousin in the theater.
I accepted and promised to be ready
the next evening ut half past 3
o'clock. In the course Of an hour
or two my wife returned to the
hotel from course of shopping
on the Avenue de L'Opera and the
Paluis Royal, and l said: Madam,
Mr. has called on US during
your absence and has invited us 10
accompany him to the grand opera
tomorrow evening and we are to
occupy the As box, and as it is
one of the most conspicuous ones in
the house you will have a fine OPP
p0rtunity to see fashionable Paris"
land you accepted the invita-
tion?" said she.
II most certainly did. l told
our friend that you had expressed
wish to attend the grand opera
and accepted his kind invitation
and told him we would be ready at
half past 8 tomorrow evening"
"Well, Of all the stupidity ever
knew you to exhibit this is certain
ly the crowning point" said she.
"What in the world is the matter?
You have told me you wanted to
go to the grand opera while in Paris,
and / thought by accepting this in
vitation you would have an oppOr-
tunity of seeing grand opera in all
its glory" said |.
"Well, you should know enough
yourself, without asking me such a
question. Men never will learn any
thing. After all the talking have
done to you these twenty-five years
past, you get worse instead OF bet
ter" said she.
Now the madam don't often scold,
but when she does turn loose "she's
u master hand at the business"
After a minute or two she resumed,
"You have no clothes to wear there
except what you have on, and you
would look we'll in going to the
grand opera and occupying a prom
inent box in that dress and as Tor
myself, l have only my graz trav-
cling dresses, selected that color 50
as not to show dirt, and black
for best; and you ought to know
that the rules governing the grand
opera for the boxes are very strict
as to dress"
II have gone to grand opera to
hear JEANNE Winston, and l have
attended the meetings Of the
whist club. whose president was no
less a parsonage than the president
of the senate Of the sovereign state
of-,ofthe United States Of Amer
ica, who's yacht Volunteer only
Yesterday cleaned out and beat the
yacht Thistle, the crack Yacht o'
all Great Britain, in these same
Clothes" said l.
THE grand opera at the New
Market theater and the - whist
club are quite different affairs te
the grand opera in Paris, and an
not going, nor neither shall yot
co." said she.
Now when madam says II wont
anu yOU Ou0u y ot10 uJC"''0 ~ 80
have long since learned, and moth
| ing short of a new silk dress or |
!. new hat of latest fashion will eve
. change her mind.
She resumed: Every gentlema!
is expected to be in fun dress sui
and each lady is expected to wea
her hair in the prevailing fashion
E (bonnets are not allowed !; he
, dress cut low in the neck. shor
t sleeves. long train and made in tn
+ prevailing opera style. And che ises
8 pected to wear plenty Of diamond!
t and you know what jewelry | have
e which isn't much, is thousands {
r miles away; and as for you. yo
e have nothing to wear"
q II am all right. have three di
}. ferent lines open for me. First,
= can get a full dress suit made b
I tomorrow night second, can hir
. one from the tailor third / can trad
J. suits with the head waiter at "
hotel. His suit is in latest style
said